All Films

Mickey's Safety Club: What to Do at Home

1989 • 17 min • United States of America

The film gives home-safety information and tips to children home alone.

The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

1989 • 58 min

To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a beautiful, sacred land that mustn't be defiled under any circumstance. In this documentary, the debate over the damming and flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is examined by looking at the two most notable faces of the debate, United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot, and celebrated Scottish-American naturalist John Muir, two friends and notable conservationists who found themselves in complete opposition with one another in one of the earliest national controversies surrounding the United States wilderness.

What Sound Does a Mosquito Make?

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

How the king of animals decided to learn the mosquito language, but then convinced himself that everyone in the forest spoke the same language - lion. Based on the fairy tale by R. Baumgol.

The Resurrection of Michael Myers Part 2

1989 • 25 min

During a wild party at a hospital the anti-hero of Halloween, Michael Myers, comes to life. He stalks the hospital, violently killing everyone and everything. Apart from Michael Myers we also find Leatherface and Jason. If that wasn't enough, a zombie wanders around looking for his pirate copies of "Resurrection of Michael Myers (pt1)". The result is an orgy in blood and violence.

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

1989 • 56 min • Brazil, France

A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture.

The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

1989 • 45 min

The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted icons of cultural pride in two of Europes more allegedly libertarian democracies.

David Lynch: Don't Look at Me

1989 • 57 min

A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series.

Sermons and Sacred Pictures

1989 • 29 min • United States of America

"An experimental documentary on Reverend L.O. Taylor, a black Baptist minister from Memphis, Tennessee who was also an inspired filmmaker with an overwhelming interest in preserving the social and cultural fabric of his own community in the 1930′s and 40s. I combine his films and music recordings with my own images of Memphis neighborhoods and religious gatherings" -Sachs

Pobres ricos

1989 • 50 min • Mexico

Mexican drama.

The Movie Life of George

1989 • 52 min

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story of him and Handmade Films.

Pandilleros

1989 • 22 min • Mexico

Short film.

Govan Ghost Story

1989 • 59 min • United Kingdom

Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock McGinn counters a strange little girl in the flats where he lives. A crucial stepping-stone in the career of distinguished actor and director David Hayman. It was also a seminal work of writer Bryan Elsley who would go on to create the award-winning Skins series.

Le Labyrinthe - le temps, la memoire, les images

1989 • 34 min • France

Third part of an experimental television program led by Grandrieux questionning TV flux aesthetic, this film focuses on a single interview with Jean-Louis Schefer who delivers his hypothesis on man-made images of itself.

L'Homme aux cheveux bleus

1989 • 50 min

From the first meeting with the critic Louis Marcorelles to his last interview in Cahiers du cinéma, a portrait of Glauber Rocha, a leading figure of Cinema Novo, enriched with testimonies from his close friends such as Juliet Berto and Christiana Tullio Altan.

The Cirque: An American Odyssey

1989 • 50 min • Canada

In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a grand three-ring circus in itself! - garnering rave reviews. Behind the scenes, artists working in the fledgling Quebec circus talk about what it means to them to be a part of this success, and also the price they pay for sharing the American Dream.

The Birth of Eros

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

2 of One

1989 • 19 min

Two versions of the One music video with an intro and outro by Lars, released on VHS in the US, and the smaller 8" LaserDisc in Japan.

Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan

1989 • 16 min • United States of America

Figment is visited unexpectedly by Peter Pan who has lost his way back to Wendy's house and is in need of assistance. Apparently, he temporarily got pixie dust in his eyes. When Figment begins to write down directions for Peter, the boy who refused to grow up reminds him that he never learned to read. Figment agrees to bring Wendy to Figonia, but a miscalculation brings Amy instead. Through reading, Figment and his friend Amy vividly make the point that books can transport you to faraway lands, transform you into other characters, and open you up to innumerable adventures. By program's end, Peter agrees that being able to read is wonderful and magical. He may even learn to read himself!

How Was History Wounded

1989 • 25 min

Three commentators sit in a news studio in front of a TV discussing the Tiananmen Square massacre as reported by local and foreign media. This film aims to examine the politics of image and the image of politics through commenting on the topics of democracy, media control, consumption and commercialism.

The Star Child

1989 • 28 min • South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America

Pero is a handsome boy, but when he becomes enamored with his own looks, he must learn a difficult lesson about the value of external beauty. Based on the story by Oscar Wilde.

Neo-Geo: An American Purchase

1989 • 9 min • United States of America

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

Illusions of Shameless Abundance

1989 • 7 min

A Machine Performance by: Survival Research Laboratories, staged May 28, 1989 in SF at 4th & Perry St.

Apple Tree

1989 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Professor Mintz invents a drug that accelerates plant growth many times over. However, he did not take into account that plants and fruits decay and die just as quickly.

Spontaneous Combustion

1989 • 34 min • United Kingdom

This relatively unknown Jeff Keen film presents an insistent series of exquisitely composed action and animation sequences and must be one of the only 8mm 'cinemascope' films in the world